"You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong."

"Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner."

"He is great who confers the most benefits."

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

"Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live."

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."

"Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else."

"I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages."

"MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition."

"People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned."

"All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it."

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."